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Argyll Array Project Update #22 – January 2012
Welcome to the first Argyll Array Project Update of the year. I and the rest of the Project Team would like to wish everyone a happy, peaceful and healthy 2012. Community Partnership Fund The first meeting with Tiree Community Development Trust to discuss this initiative will take place during the week beginning 23rd… »
Reid Calls For Inquiry Into Scottish Electricity
Following early January’s storms and the resulting electricity black-outs, Alan Reid, MP for Argyll & Bute said, “I am full of praise for the engineers from Scottish & Southern Energy who worked such long hours in very difficult conditions to restore power to the many affected communities. However, prevention is always better than cure and… »
Argyll Array Project Update 21 – December 2011
Community Partnership Fund How Tiree could gain from the Argyll Array project has been the subject of a number of my updates over the last few months and has been frequently raised as an issue in comments on the project. SPR has been looking closely at this matter over the last few months, with the… »
Argyll Array Project Update #16 September 2011
Scenario Mapping The Project Team has been working recently to create detailed ‘scenarios ‘of how Operations and Maintenance of the Argyll Array could potentially work if the base was sited wholly or partly in Tiree.Operations and Maintenance (or O&M) is the work which needs to be done once a wind farm is built and it… »
Argyll Array Project Update Number 14 – Spetember 2011
Public Information Day comments I’ve responded below to more of the points made at the Public Information Day held in late June. I’ll cover the remaining points in the next update. Socio-Economics Desire for a guarantee on jobs from the project (THREE COMMENTS) This is a complex issue. Firstly, the building of the wind farm… »
Meeting fails to allay fears
A two hour long meeting between Scottish Government officials and members of the community in An Talla this week failed to allay fears of possible “devastating on-shore work” on Tiree during the off-shore windfarm project. Three officials from Marine Scotland, a Government body, explained to the meeting the steps leading up to the planning and… »
ARGYLL ARRAY PROJECT UPDATE No 8 – May 2011
Masterplanning The application to Marine Scotland from ScottishPower Renewables for planning permission for the Argyll Array will deal with the plans for the offshore infrastructure and the grid connection to Dalmally. (See Update No 7) However, there are four possible ways the project could be operated and maintained. Each of these scenarios would have different… »
ARGYLL ARRAY PROJECT UPDATE No.6-APRIL 2011
Community Information Day The ScottishPower Renewables Community information Day will be held on Tuesday 28th June in An Talla. The Project Team will be available to give information and hear your views between 2.00pm and 6.30pm with refreshments available. The Project Team will be joined by a number of specialists from Scottish Power Renewables who… »
New Home Insulation Scheme for Tiree
Home Energy Assessors Alun Jones and Frances Woodhead are visiting every home on Tiree to make sure that every house that is entitled to free insulation measures is identified. They have been contracted on behalf of Argyll and Bute Council and the Scottish Government, working with the Energy Saving Trust. The Home Insulation Scheme is… »
What will Argyll Array do to Tiree
Over 150 people attended a public meeting on 15th June to discuss the likely impacts of the proposed offshore wind farm at Skerryvore. Tish MacKinnon, chair of the Tiree Community Development Trust, led the meeting and Lloyd Gudgeon, the Trust’s Manager, made a short presentation. Ralph Thornton and Morna Cannon from the developers Scottish Power… »
